Year: 2017

In this multi-part series, security consultant David Horsburgh CPP PSP PCI examines some of the misconceptions around the use of covert CCTV, showing how statutes and case law identify best practice. This second instalment focuses on […]

The Australian Government has launched a new national strategy for protecting crowds from terror attack. Launched in August by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, ‘Australia’s Strategy for Protecting Crowded Places from Terrorism’ places the onus for […]

The nature of terrorism has changed, and is continuing to do so. Despite this, writes Dr John Battersby of Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies, New Zealand relies on terrorist legislation that is […]

Dr John Battersby of Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies writes that terrorism is a tactic, it’s evolving, and it’s not going away, with new technologies such as unmanned vehicles and artificial intelligence […]

New Zealand’s border sector ministers are pledging ever closer cooperation with their five-eyes partners, yet information sharing between border agencies at home is stymied by legislation and systems that are not fit for purpose, writes […]

Dr Joe Burton, senior lecturer in political science and public policy at Waikato University, presented on cyber warfare at the 2017 NZDIA Defence, Industry & National Security Forum. We ask him about how New Zealand […]